Cooking became a passion of mine, took after my dad I think. I like to try new recipes and most of the time they turn out good and friends approved. Most of the food I make are local hawaiian grindz, but alot with asian fusion too. Gotta love living in da melting pot!

Thursday, April 14, 2016

I have really only tried this dish about 2 years ago at Mililani Golf Course. When I first had it, I immediately thought my husband would LOVE it. So....I decided to create a quick version sometime later. I was right, he absolutely loved it! It's like roast pork poke! LOL!

1) Cut roast pork in small pieces.2) Stir fry roast pork with oil for a min or so, turn off heat. (or you can completely skip this process if you are ok with them at room temperature)3) Toss in diced tomatoes, sliced onions, pepper, and fish sauce (about a tbs or two). Give it a quick stir.4) Place in serving plate or bowl.5) Ready to serve!!!!!

So this is a quick version because I'd pick up ready-made chinese roast pork at the store. If you want to attempt making the real deal at home, following my chinese roast pork recipe!

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

1) Open bottle of lemonade, add in Li Hing Powder, close cap tight and shake it up until powder is fully mixed.2) Serve in a tall glass over ice, with strawberry slices. You can even rim the cup with li hing powder for more of a sophisticated look!

You can can omit pitaya or add frozen blueberries if you want. You can use fresh fruits too but it's best to have about half the fruits frozen to get the thick consistency.

1) Place acai, banana for blending, strawberries, pitaya, apple juice, and honey in a blender until blended.2) Pour them in individual bowls(if prepping for breakfast for next day or two) cover and freeze overnight. Then just take out about 30-60 mins before ideal breakfast time.3) To serve, top acai mixture with sliced banana and granola, then drizzle honey on top.

I take my frozen bowl to work in the morning, by the time i get to work (about an hour later), my acai bowl is ready to eat and i just needed to add the toppings.

1. Press tofu between two paper towels to squeeze out water.2. Slice them into thin pieces.3. Heat olive oil in a skillet, add in sliced garlic & ginger.4. Remove garlic &; ginger then fry tofu in skillet in a single layer about 3-5 mins, flip and cook the other side.5. Add in teriyaki sauce (i used store bought), and cook both sides about two mins each, or until sides are brown.6. Remove and let cool.7. Wet rice paper then place moisten rice paper on a flat surface.8. Add in tofu, green papaya (shredded), lettuce, and avocado slices (shredded carrots too if you have them, it adds color!)9. Roll them up and serve them with peanut sauce.

For more step by step on how to roll summer rolls or recipe for peanut sauce, go HERE.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

I really feel terrible that I have neglected this blog for over a year! I felt that it was easier to use Facebook to share my recipes but I realized, they are not searchable on the internet, nor can you pin the recipes on Pinterest.

So....After today, I will be sharing all of my facebook recipes here too.

I have recently purchased a pressure cooker, I have been thinking about getting one in a while and then I saw one of the infomercial showing how fast it is to cook a meal. Being a busy momma with a full time job, I think I have made a good investment. I end up getting the Instant Pot because it was on sale on Amazon. I received the pressure cooker last week Tuesday, and my first cooked meal in it on Wednesday. I have used it for 4 meals already and I am loving it! While I have pinned a bunch of recipes on my pinterest to try, other than the lasagna recipe, I never really followed any single recipe to the fullest. There are always some tweaks and addition just because I don't have the ingredient, or I just wanted to add a little wine. lol!

1) Combined the orange juice, shoyu, rice vinegar, honey, ketchup in a separate bowl.
2) Turn your pressure cooker to saute and saute onions in olive oil, then add in garlic, ginger, and chili pepper. Saute for about a min or two, turn off.
3) Pour in the orange juice mixture, add in spare ribs, toss to coat.
4) Add in lime juice and fish sauce, toss again to coat the spare ribs.
5) Cover the pressure cooker, set the pressure on for 20 mins.
6) Once done, remove the cooked ribs and set it on the side.
7) Saute the sauce in the pressure cooker to reduce the sauce and thicken it up. Turn off heat.
8) Toss ribs back into the pressure cooker, give it a good stir, and they are ready to serve!